Agree with your assessment as I was swayed by Joe Jordan’s comments. I believe Kenny Giles will be in Clearwater or Reading by the end of the year. I hope he stays healthy as a reliever with a 100 mph fastball with control is a very valuable prospect.

I still believe Brown has a chance to excell, if given the chance. The names in the article that compare to Brown are interesting. One player no mentioned, that had the same type minor league career, who struggled early is Dexter Fowler. If Brown could get there, with a little more power, it would be good for the organization.

What makes me most annoyed about the Dom Brown situation is that I think he’s a guy who sometimes lacks confidence and really plays much, much better once he gets comfortable and gets into a rhythm. If I were the Phillies, I would be doing whatever I could to show that the organization still believes in him and that, while they still want and expect him to work as hard as possible, the team will give him an extended chance to prove himself. They should also be extremely clear about what type of playing time he is going to get and under what conditions so he is not left to wonder what is going on. Although I would rather see him play every day for at least half a season, if they told him that he would be the left-handed bat in a lefty-righty platoon and would also see action occasionally against lefty starters, that would probably be okay because he would get hte majority of the at bats and would have a greater chance to succeed. In short, they have to stop jerking him around – enough is enough already.

Went with Colvin. He still has the talent to be a good starter if he’s able to recover his mechanics/confidence. In 2013 he could become the fastest riser on the prospect list or could disappear completely.

Voted the same way, for all the same reasons. Toyed with the idea of Giles, as I think that of all the players remaining on this list he has the best potential to have a career in the majors, but Colvin still has several plus pitches, and some of the national prospect rankers seem to think he still has a chance to put it together.

The positive thing I take away from Jordan’s comments on Colvin is the notion that there’s some mental/confidence component. That can be overcome, whereas Tyler Cloyd is never going to throw a 95 mph fastball.

Still going with Colvin. People gave up on Worley and Stutes too early too, then they turned it around with a little extra time in AA. Colvin has as much upside as anybody in the organization, and more then Worley and Stutes had.

I went with Walding, he with the beautiful swing, who I hope is ready for a breakout season.
Jordan’s comments about Giles got me to thinking. If we just consider ceiling ability, who are our top 10 players then? I limited my thinking to starting pitchers who could become a 1 or 2, relievers who could be closers, or position players who could be very productive starters (at first I planned to just consider possible all stars but the list was almost empty), who is on my top 10 ceiling list? I came up with a top list of (in no particular order and I didn’t bother to lop off 4 to get to 10) Martin, Watson, Aumont, Giles, Quinn, Joseph, Franco, Asche, Ruf, Gillies, Collier, Tocci, Greene, and Cozens. I don’t see Biddle, Morgan or Pettibone as a 1 or a 2…

For me its Quinn, Tocci, Joseph, L.Greene, Martin, Biddle. Aumont has the best stuff in the system and maybe top 20 in the minors but he is stuck at reliever and still does not know where any pitch is going.

You are probably right about Colvin belonging on the ceiling list. Colvin is pretty much in the same position Ethan Martin was at the beginning of last season. I want a do over:
1. Quinn
2. Franco
3. Tocci
4. S Watson
5. Morgan
6. Biddle
7. Martin
8. B Colvin
9. L Greene
10.Aumont